by Fr. Ioannes Apiarius Those who are darkened by spiritual corruption or sexual depravity cannot be trusted to lecture others about what’s normal or demand that the normal embrace abnormality. Those who are confused about their own sexuality or reject traditional Christian moral principles are incapable of giving advice on normal human relationships or family […]
Psychological Warfare In Post-Christianity
It’s not only later than you think, we are not even in the same age anymore. by Rod Dreher A reader writes to discuss the 1954 book Psychological Warfare, by Paul Linebarger. The book is in the public domain here. Linebarger — bio here — was a Johns Hopkins professor of East Asia Studies and involved with the US intelligence community. […]
Fact of Biological Sex Becoming ‘An Unsayable Truth’, says Times Columnist
Children are suffering because of attempts to make simple scientific facts about biological sex and gender “unsayable”, a columnist has said. Janice Turner, writing for The Times, said, “we have forgotten, or conflated, the difference between gender and biological sex”. She criticised recent pressure by activists to change the laws regarding transsexualism. ‘Stitch-up’ Last month, […]
Aborted Babies’ Chests Were Cut Open in Grisly Experiments While Their Hearts Were Beating
This was published ten years before abortion was even legalized. We aren’t heading towards a dystopian future, we have been in it for awhile. This is what passed for ‘science’ 50 years ago and no one thinks twice about it. Judgment is coming. Repent, brethren, while there is time. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology published […]
Taking Over: How To Do It
by Fr. John A. Peck Among the Orthodox, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn holds a special place of honor. He was an eyewitness and victim of the Soviet machine. A man who loved Russia, and was not afraid to speak and write Truth, at a time when such action was outright sedition. He also offers us a telltale […]
Holy Synod of Bishops issues statement on recent tragic events in Charlottesville, VA
On 10 August 1872 the Synod of Constantinople issued an official condemnation of ecclesiastical racism, or “ethno-phyletism”, as well as its theological argumentation: We renounce, censure and condemn phyletism, that is racial discrimination, ethnic feuds, hatreds and dissensions within the Church of Christ, as contrary to the teaching of the Gospel and the holy canons […]
The Early Christian Martyrs Who Refused to Make Pottery for a Pagan Festival
Nothing new for Christians living amongst heathens. These are saints for our times! Ss. Justa and Rufina were sisters born to a poor Christian family in Seville, Spain in the 3rd century. They helped support their family and many of the city’s poor by making pottery. If you’re also interested in pottery, find a sculpting […]
Post-Christian America: Gullible, Intolerant, and Superstitious
Human beings are hard-wired to search for meaning and purpose. By David French In some secular progressive circles, a certain myth persists. If you defeat the forces of traditional Christianity — you know, the rubes and fools who believe the Bible is the Word of God — then you’ll make way for a more enlightened, […]
GreatMartyr Euphemia the All-Praised: Protector and Defender of Orthodox Christianity
A great and miraculous event is commemorated today (July 11) in the history of the Church. It took place during the Council of Chalcedon before a multitude of witnesses. The Miracle of Saint Euphemia the All-Praised The holy Great Martyr Euphemia (September 16) suffered martyrdom in the city of Chalcedon in the year 304, during […]
Remembering the 75th Anniversary of the Internment of the Aleut Natives of the Aleutian Islands
In 1942, as the Japanese were expanding their attacks on the United States, they sent two carrier groups to the Aleutian Islands in the Alaska Territory. The purpose was to force the Americans to divide their forces and leave the true objective, Midway, with fewer defenses. The ruse didn’t work, but the Alaskan defense forces […]